Patents by Inventor Matthew Caie

Matthew Caie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Receptor for wind turbine blade lightning protection
    Patent number: 8727723
    Abstract: A receptor assembly for lightning protection of an object, such as a wind turbine blade, includes a receptor disk configured to be placed on a surface of the object, a receptor block insulator with an integral receptor block, a cover that engages the receptor block insulator, and a cap that engages the cover. The receptor disk and the receptor block may be made of electrically conductive materials, and the cover, and the cap, and the receptor block insulator may define a chamber among them that is lined with an electrically-conductive coating sandwiched between relatively high dielectric media to electrically isolate and shield internal parts of the receptor assembly from receiving a lightning strike directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Flemming, Matthew Caie, Ethan Kay, Nicholas J. Ambrogio
  • RECEPTOR FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE LIGHTNING PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20120020791
    Abstract: A receptor assembly for lightning protection of an object, such as a wind turbine blade, includes a receptor disk configured to be placed on a surface of the object, a receptor block insulator with an integral receptor block, a cover that engages the receptor block insulator, and a cap that engages the cover. The receptor disk and the receptor block may be made of electrically conductive materials, and the cover, and the cap, and the receptor block insulator may define a chamber among them that is lined with an electrically-conductive coating sandwiched between relatively high dielectric media to electrically isolate and shield internal parts of the receptor assembly from receiving a lightning strike directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Flemming, Matthew Caie, Ethan Kay, Nicholas J. Ambrogio